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If some New York City officials and animal advocates prevail, there’ll be no more tigers, lions, leopards, monkeys, zebras or even sloths whenever “The Greatest Show on Earth” comes to town. Two city ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the New Jersey Assembly Monday for passing Nosey’s Law (S1093), which would ban the use of wild and exotic animals for entertainment in ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the introduction today of the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA) in the US Senate. Sponsored by Senator ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD – At the Big E, the elephant is never forgotten. Beulah, a 54-year-old Asian elephant, died at the Big E in 2019 of blood poisoning caused by a uterine infection. Sheryl Becker of ...

Such animals might be a bit more scarce in Douglas County after commissioners passed a ban this week on circuses that include such so-called exotic animals from staging events in unincorporated areas.

Nov. 2 was a great day. It was the day that The Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act was introduced in Washington, D.C. This legislation aims to end the use of exotic and wild animals in circuses.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the middle of her bath, Viola heard a truck backfire and got scared. The 10,000-pound Asian elephant took off from her circus ...